{"id":2128290,"date":"2025-11-01T03:41:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T03:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2128290"},"modified":"2025-11-01T03:41:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T03:41:29","slug":"listen-jamey-johnson-and-riley-green-unite-for-gritty-new-song-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/listen-jamey-johnson-and-riley-green-unite-for-gritty-new-song-smoke\/","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: Jamey Johnson and Riley Green Unite For Gritty New Song &#8216;Smoke&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Alabama natives <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/countrynow.com\/tag\/jamey-johnson\">Jamey Johnson<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/countrynow.com\/tag\/riley-green\">Riley Green<\/a> unite on an attitude-filled breakup song, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jameyjohnson.lnk.to\/smoke\">Smoke<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The swampy, Southern rock anthem finds the two crooning their way through heartbreak, using \u201csmoke\u201d as a double meaning throughout the song. From the dust kicked up by her tires as she drives away to the haze of a cigarette used to numb the pain, the word changes throughout the story, but one thing\u2019s for sure: rather than facing the heartbreak head-on, they choose to hide behind the smoke.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jamey Johnson, Riley Green; Photo Courtesy Jamey Johnson <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCouldn\u2019t see which way she went\/ Or which way I went wrong\/ Couldn\u2019t see why she left so early\/ Or why she stayed so long\/ There was something burning my eyes\/ Turning my head to stone\/ I bet it would\u2019ve hurt to watch her go\/ Good thing I can\u2019t see through all this smoke,\u201d the longtime friends sing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Co-written by Johnson and Green and Erik Dylan, \u201cSmoke\u201d came to life inside two legendary spaces: The Cash Cabin and Big Gassed Studios. The track was produced by Kyle Lehning and Jim \u201cMoose\u201d Brown, with T.W. Cargile handling recording and mixing. While Jamey Johnson had previously teamed up with Lehning for a Randy Travis tribute project, \u201cSmoke\u201d marks the first time the two collaborated from start to finish on one of his own songs.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"perfmatters-lazy-youtube\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tBaXwy_7DqM\" data-id=\"tBaXwy_7DqM\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" onclick=\"perfmattersLazyLoadYouTube(this);\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/tBaXwy_7DqM\/hqdefault.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/tBaXwy_7DqM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jamey Johnson &amp; Riley Green - Smoke (Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tBaXwy_7DqM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was just a blast getting to write with Riley and Erik and a great song to get to record with Kyle and Moose at the helm,\u201d Johnson shared.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cIn Color\u201d singer revealed that the song was initially Green\u2019s idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe called me and we booked some time to get together with Erik Dylan. We sat down and scribbled it out over the course of about an hour,\u201d Johnson recalled. \u201cIt has an interesting sound to it, with one part going down while the other part is going up. I like the whole concept of this guy not being too upset about whatever she is mad at. That smoke probably has a lot to do with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWriting this song with Jamey was a lot of fun,\u201d Green added. \u201cAfter spending time on the road together earlier this year, it just felt natural to get in the studio and make some country music together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson cut the song in the studio the week after it was written and later called Green to explain. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess I should have talked to him before I ran into the studio and recorded it,\u201d he admitted. \u201cBut I did what I did! I called and said, \u2018Hey, where are you? I just recorded it.\u2019 If he was thinking about recording it and putting it on his record, I guess I ruined that! My apologies to Riley Green.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He later joked, \u201cI probably owe Riley a song!\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Jamey Johnson, Riley Green - Smoke\" class=\"wp-image-100893 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jamey-Johnson-Riley-Green-Smoke-1024x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jamey-Johnson-Riley-Green-Smoke-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jamey-Johnson-Riley-Green-Smoke-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jamey-Johnson-Riley-Green-Smoke-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jamey-Johnson-Riley-Green-Smoke-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jamey-Johnson-Riley-Green-Smoke-516x516.jpg 516w, https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jamey-Johnson-Riley-Green-Smoke.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jamey-Johnson-Riley-Green-Smoke-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jamey Johnson, Riley Green - Smoke\" class=\"wp-image-100893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jamey-Johnson-Riley-Green-Smoke-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jamey-Johnson-Riley-Green-Smoke-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jamey-Johnson-Riley-Green-Smoke-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jamey-Johnson-Riley-Green-Smoke-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jamey-Johnson-Riley-Green-Smoke-516x516.jpg 516w, https:\/\/countrynow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jamey-Johnson-Riley-Green-Smoke.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jamey Johnson, Riley Green \u2013 Smoke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSmoke\u201d arrives just in time, with Johnson set to join Green\u2019s Damn Country Music Tour for nine dates throughout the month of November.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 6\u00a0 |\u00a0 Grand Rapids, MI<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 7\u00a0 |\u00a0 St. Louis, MO<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 8\u00a0 |\u00a0 Kansas City, MO<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 13\u00a0 |\u00a0 University Park, PA<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 14\u00a0 | Toledo, OH<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 15\u00a0 |\u00a0 Peoria, IL<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 20\u00a0 | Lincoln, NE<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 21\u00a0 |\u00a0 Oklahoma City, OK<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 22\u00a0 |\u00a0 North Little Rock, AR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"pmdelayedscript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" data-no-optimize=\"1\" data-no-defer=\"1\" data-no-minify=\"1\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '2335736946692711'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source countrynow.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alabama natives Jamey Johnson and Riley Green unite on an attitude-filled breakup song, \u201cSmoke.\u201d The swampy, Southern rock anthem finds the two crooning their way through heartbreak, using \u201csmoke\u201d as a double meaning throughout the song. 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